The 1963 Greek Cup final was the 21st final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 18 July 1963 at Karaiskakis Stadium. The contesting teams were Olympiacos and Pierikos. It was Olympiacos' thirteenth Greek Cup final and eighth consecutive in their 38 years of existence and Pierikos' first ever Greek Cup final in their 2-year history. A remarkable fact was that Pierikos reached their first and only Cup final, only two years after their foundation with the merger of Megas Alexandros Katerinis and Olympos Katerinis. It was also the first time in the history of the institution, that a Cup final took place at night and was held under floodlights.
Venue
This was the seventeenth Greek Cup final held at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, after the 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960 and 1961 finals. (Leoforos also hosted the replay match of the 1933 final between Ethnikos Piraeus and Aris, the replay match of the 1949 final between AEK Athens and Panathinaikos and the replay match of the 1952 final between Olympiacos and Panionios).
Leoforos Alexandras Stadium was built in 1922. The stadium is used as a venue for Panathinaikos and Greece. Its current capacity is 30,000.
Background Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final twelve times, winning ten of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 1961 (3–0 against Panionios). The last time that had played in a final was in 1962, against Panathinaikos, where the match was abandoned at the extra time.
Pierikos had never competed in a Cup final.
The two teams had never met each other in a Cup final.
Route to the final
OlympiacosRoundPierikosOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legPagchaniakos6–1 (A)Round of 32Anagennisi Giannitsa2–0 (A)Panionios2–1 (H)Round of 16Ethnikos Piraeus2–1 (H)Panathinaikos5–3 (H)Quarter-finalsNiki Volos3–20–0 (A)3–2 (H)Aris6–31–1 (A)5–2 (H)Semi-finalsProodeftiki4–0 (H)
Match Details
GK Stathis TsanaktsisDF Giangos SimantirisDF Dimitrios StefanakosDF Thanasis LoukanidisMF Kostas Polychroniou (c)MF Sotiris GavezosMF Nikos SiderisMF Thanasis BebisFW Giorgos SiderisFW Aris PapazoglouFW Stelios PsychosManager: Giannis Chelmis GK Vangelis DrandakisDF Giorgos KefalidisDF Paraskevas PortokalidisDF Giannis MystakidisDF Alexandros TaxidisMF Theodoros SidiropoulosMF Michalis AmanatidisMF Polychronis Fourlidis (c)MF Theodoros KyziroglouFW Kostas OrfanidisFW Giannis ChristoforidisManager: Alexi Petrović Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Replay match if scores still level
See also 1962–63 Greek Football Cup
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